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Forum: Reef 04-20-2014, 01:31 AM
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Views: 1,185
Posted By asylumdown
Copperband gill tumor?

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/20/ba7u6uma.jpg

What do you guys think? I just noticed this today, it's large enough that it's preventing one gill flap from closing completely. Fish is behaving...
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only) 04-17-2014, 07:40 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 983
Posted By asylumdown
Yah I'll be sad to let him go, but I also know...

Yah I'll be sad to let him go, but I also know that I might not be able to even give him away lol. I'm happy to keep him but I'll have to re-arrange my rocks specifically for him in to not too...
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only) 04-17-2014, 12:57 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 983
Posted By asylumdown
F/S-F/F Long Horn Cowfish, Blue throat trigger CGY

Looking for a new home for both my long horn cowfish Ferdinand and my blue throat trigger.

Long horn cowfish - in perfect health, tons of personality. It breaks my heart but I'm letting him go...
Forum: Reef 04-15-2014, 01:10 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,085
Posted By asylumdown
Live adult brine shrimp

Anyone know where to get live adult brine shrimp in Calgary?
Forum: Reef 04-09-2014, 10:35 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,129
Posted By asylumdown
Is cooking the rocks really required? I thought...

Is cooking the rocks really required? I thought AEFW always laid their eggs on the skeleton of the coral they were munching on, I didn't think they would go out in to the rock work to lay eggs? Baby...
Forum: Reef 04-09-2014, 01:48 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,472
Posted By asylumdown
+1. Do you have any wrasses? The kinds that don't...

+1. Do you have any wrasses? The kinds that don't bury themselves in the sand at night will often form a mucous bubble around themselves when they sleep that can look quite like that when it gets in...
Forum: Reef 04-08-2014, 08:27 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 21,693
Posted By asylumdown
yes, but I'm looking in to replacements. I don't...

yes, but I'm looking in to replacements. I don't think it's pellets that are the problem per se, but how they get used and how little their mode of action is understood. There are definite red flags...
Forum: Reef 04-08-2014, 06:14 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,531
Posted By asylumdown
Don't forget the part where you add hydrochloric...

Don't forget the part where you add hydrochloric acid to said bucket and watch anything with calcium in it's tissues fizzle like freshly corked champagne.

Then you can admire sparkling clean...
Forum: Reef 04-08-2014, 06:10 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 21,693
Posted By asylumdown
yah that was in November. I've wondered if...

yah that was in November. I've wondered if something 'broke' in the bacterial chain of my tank when I did that that somehow lead to all of this 4 months later, but I have had a hard time convincing...
Forum: Reef 04-08-2014, 03:23 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 21,693
Posted By asylumdown
Actually yes. I have my own theories about...

Actually yes. I have my own theories about cyanobacteria but my experience with it is that once it's given the opportunity to proliferate it's very tenacious. It took advantage of an opportunity and...
Forum: Reef 04-07-2014, 11:40 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 21,693
Posted By asylumdown
ugh, well I hated to have to do it but I didn't...

ugh, well I hated to have to do it but I didn't have much of a choice. Cyano got so unbelievably out of control I dosed the tank with chemi-clean on Friday.

Dosing a harsh chemical when things...
Forum: Reef 04-01-2014, 07:09 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,808
Posted By asylumdown
What's the hinge normally made out of? Will it...

What's the hinge normally made out of? Will it grow back? Any idea how it lost it? Is the clam still able to expand and contract normally without it?

So many questions lol.
Forum: Reef 03-31-2014, 07:32 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,585
Posted By asylumdown
yah I think that's as good a method as any. I'm...

yah I think that's as good a method as any. I'm not sure how many hobbyists have the set up to safely do a wash with hot 1:1 HCl. We also are only measuring orthophosphate with our tests, so a teeny...
Forum: Reef 03-31-2014, 06:40 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,585
Posted By asylumdown
Well I did some digging to try and figure out...

Well I did some digging to try and figure out what product from the Hanna reaction could be staining the glass vials and found this from the EPA methods manual on determining phosphate using the...
Forum: Reef 03-31-2014, 04:44 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 21,693
Posted By asylumdown
I've used H2Ocean for the lifetime of the tank....

I've used H2Ocean for the lifetime of the tank. Right before this all started I switched to Fluval's new salt as it was a little cheaper, but when things started going south I switched back to...
Forum: Reef 03-31-2014, 01:11 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,552
Posted By asylumdown
Do it in salt water. Phosphate behaves...

Do it in salt water. Phosphate behaves differently in salt vs. freshwater. All the different chemicals in salt water push phosphate to form a different ratio of species, and since you're going to be...
Forum: Reef 03-31-2014, 12:57 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 21,693
Posted By asylumdown
Well I think I've stopped the carnage. I was not...

Well I think I've stopped the carnage. I was not able to do a 100% water change, but with Ronau's tub and the storage bins I had I was able to do a 60% water change. I was hoping to let things just...
Forum: Reef 03-31-2014, 12:03 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,585
Posted By asylumdown
Normally I don't pay much head to nitrate and...

Normally I don't pay much head to nitrate and phosphate tests, and I normally only test the major ions once every couple of weeks. I'm paying extra special attention right now because things were so...
Forum: Reef 03-28-2014, 07:23 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,585
Posted By asylumdown
well what's weird is that I've always run GFO and...

well what's weird is that I've always run GFO and have had very low phosphate for the entire life of the tank. However, I haven't had the ULR test kit for very long, I was using the regular hannah...
Forum: Reef 03-28-2014, 06:48 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,585
Posted By asylumdown
Making sense of Phosphate readings

So after a massive campaign of water changes to try and save my tank, I'm at the point where I'm starting to add some of the reactors and dosing equipment that I took offline back to my system.
...
Forum: Reef 03-20-2014, 07:41 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 21,693
Posted By asylumdown
the thought that this is some sort of pathogen...

the thought that this is some sort of pathogen has crossed my mind more than once. The fact that it's favouring acroporas, and the fact that it's happening in the whole tank all at once seems...
Forum: Reef 03-20-2014, 07:30 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 21,693
Posted By asylumdown
I just realized that I haven't posted a single...

I just realized that I haven't posted a single pic:

Feb. 23 - You can barely tell that the tissue from the tips of this stag are gone...
Forum: Reef 03-20-2014, 07:10 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 21,693
Posted By asylumdown
Well I'm not happy it's happening to you, but I...

Well I'm not happy it's happening to you, but I feel a little better knowing I'm not the only one. Look closely at your corals that this is happening to, the best description I can give is thus:
...
Forum: Reef 03-17-2014, 06:45 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 21,693
Posted By asylumdown
Well I'm hoping to avoid having to spend hundreds...

Well I'm hoping to avoid having to spend hundreds on a single use item, so kien if I can borrow yours I can make up the balance with garbage bins that homedepot will hopefully let me return. I'll pm...
Forum: Reef 03-17-2014, 06:11 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 21,693
Posted By asylumdown
Do you know where to pick one of those up in...

Do you know where to pick one of those up in Calgary?



Thanks man, I'll PM you.
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